Introduction : the future of ethnicity -- Social welfare, paternalism, and the making of German Buenos Aires -- Children, language, and the rise of pluralist society -- The language of citizenship : curriculum and the Argentine state -- An unbounded nation? : local interests and imperial aspirations -- Transatlantic religion and the boundaries of community -- The language of religion : children and the future -- Conclusion : citizenship and ethnicity
Summary
A social history of immigration and citizenship in Argentina in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Focusing on social welfare, education, religion, and the role of children, Benjamin Bryce analyzes the efforts of German-speaking immigrants to carve out a place for themselves in the broader landscape of an increasingly culturally plural society
